Boulder City, Nev. - Due to increasingly high temperatures, low humidity, and dry vegetation, the Bureau of Reclamation is immediately implementing fire restrictions to help reduce the risk of wildfires on lands it manages or maintains in Arizona, Clark County in Southern Nevada, and Imperial and Riverside counties in California. The restrictions support Bureau of Land Management fire restrictions issued by the agency in June 2023.
These fire restrictions prohibit:
• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, a campfire or charcoal stove. Exceptions are approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites. Operating a portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel is allowed, but should be used with care.
• Welding or operating an acetylene torch with open flames, except by permit.
• Using, or causing to be used, any explosive, except by permit. Use of all fireworks, including Safe and Sane, is prohibited.
• Possession and/or use of tracer rounds, steel-jacket ammunition, explosive targets, or any other incendiary device.
• Operating a motor vehicle or combustion engine equipment without a spark arrestor.
• Smoking in these areas unless in an enclosed vehicle.
In addition, Reclamation supports all Bureau of Land Management fire prevention orders and restrictions issued in each state. Violation of these restrictions can result in a fine, imprisonment for up to a period of six months, or both.
For additional information regarding these fire restrictions, please contact Justin DeMaio, Archeologist with the Lower Colorado Basin’s Environmental Compliance Group, at (702) 293-8359 or via email at jdemaio@usbr.gov.
Source: Bureau of Reclamation